We should ever remember, in a place of trial, that what we want is not a change of circumstances, but victory over self. —C.H. Mackintosh

People find it difficult to believe a man who gives his whole energy to money-making or career-building and then tells them he is waiting for the Son of God from heaven. —J.W. Ferguson

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day. —Matthew Henry

A Christian coveting the world is in a terrible condition, but God approves of and delights in one who thirsts for heaven. —H.L. Rossier

When man had done his worst against God (crucifying His Son), then it was that God did His best for man (provided the way of salvation). —W.T.P. Wolston

You are not what you think you are, but what you think—this is what you are. —A.P. Gibbs

Solitude! It is a valuable gift of God. In solitude people meet God. One of the reasons for the shallowness of much of our modern spiritual life is that we have so little solitude. The frantic, busy pace of our lives keeps us from God, too. God must be cultivated, and that takes time. Solitude is necessary for Christian life and growth under any circumstances. To grow we must spend time with God. We must escape from our slavery to things. We must step aside from the busyness of everyday life. —James M. Boice

Today people think it is narrow-minded to say that Christ is the only way to God. But arguing against it doesn't change the fact. If we could have been saved in any other way, then be sure that God would not have sent His Son to die for us. He would not have paid the greatest price if a lesser price would do. If we could have been saved in any other way, then Christ needlessly sacrificed His life (Galatians 2:21; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 3:11). —William MacDonald

Love of Christ must overmaster the instinct of self-preservation. The temptation is to hug one's life by trying to avoid the pain and loss of a life of total commitment to Christ (Matthew 10:39). —William MacDonald

It is difficult to see how a Christian can cling to riches in view of the appalling need everywhere, the imminence of Christ's return, and the Lord's clear prohibition against laying up treasures on earth. Hoarded wealth condemns us as not loving our neighbors as ourselves. —William MacDonald

The closer one comes to the Lord, the more clearly one sees his own sinfulness and the more wonderful God's amazing grace becomes. No one who is satisfied with his or her own state of holiness has yet come to know the Lord in His state of holiness! —Henry M. Morris

The trouble with material wealth is that ordinarily you can't have it without trusting it. That is why the Lord Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." If we send our money on ahead, then our affections will be weaned from the perishing things of this world. —William MacDonald

True theology (the study of God) is not a dry, impractical course in doctrine. It is an exciting day-by-day experience that makes us Christlike! —Warren W. Wiersbe

Many Christians today have become "practical atheists." They believe in God, but live as though He isn't really here or intimately involved in our day-to-day existence. —Greg Laurie

Cleave to the Lord with purpose of heart. A distracted heart is the bane of Christians. When the soul is filled with Christ, it has no heart for the trash of this world. —J.N. Darby

If we are unwilling to suffer loss for Christ in this life, we shall surely suffer loss in the life to come. —Ervin W. Lutzer

If you are going to have outward power, you must have inward purity. If you are going to have happiness, you must have holiness. By holiness I mean practically judging one's self and one's ways; practically setting oneself to work to keep the flesh in the place of death, where God has put it by the cross of Christ. —W.T.P. Wolston

Penance may make a man weep for his sins, but true repentance makes a man forsake the sin for which he weeps. —David Craig

Worry about the future is sin because it denies the love, wisdom and power of God. It denies the love of God by implying that He doesn't care for us. It denies His wisdom by implying that He doesn't know what He is doing. It denies His power by implying that He isn't able to provide for our needs. —William MacDonald

While there is now mercy for sinners, there never was, and never shall be, mercy for sin. —Rowland Dixon Edwards

God's grace has achieved one of its greatest objects in the life of the believer who can suffer patiently and praise God in the midst of the fiery trial (Colossians 1:11). —William MacDonald

Too many Christians mark their Bibles, but their Bibles never mark them. —Warren W. Wiersbe

We must pray as if everything depended on God but work as if everything depended on us. In order to be balanced Christians, we must recognize this merging of the divine and human —William MacDonald